by wcfadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | Reports/Features
The latest meeting of the Working Capital Forum saw treasury leaders from several major retail and FMCG firms gather around our Virtual Round Table. In a wide-ranging conversation, the group shared experiences of managing cash during the global pandemic and the...
by Mike Hewitt | Oct 14, 2021 | Reports/Features
The first live Working Capital Forum event for over two years took place at the Waldorf Hotel in London’s West End on 14th October 2021. The event has brought together more than 100 treasurers and working capital experts to discuss the latest themes, challenges, and...
by wcfadmin | Sep 24, 2021 | Reports/Features
Cash pooling offers clear advantages to businesses that want to make cash ‘trapped’ in subsidiaries available at the group level. Lower banking costs, reduced need for finance and better risk management are just some of them. However, setting up a pool takes time,...
by wcfadmin | May 26, 2021 | Reports/Features
Banks and corporates must keep an “open mind” and embrace new digitised platforms to secure the future of trade finance. The need to digitise trade finance has never been more urgent than during the Covid-19 pandemic as supply chains came under pressure and the...
by wcfadmin | May 21, 2021 | Reports/Features
The May round table meeting for the Working Capital Forum saw treasurers from seven multinationals gather to discuss ways of encouraging supplier take-up of supply chain finance programmes, in a meeting sponsored, as usual by American Express. Of the firms represented...
by wcfadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Reports/Features
Bringing disparate entities together in a centralised treasury or shared service centre can be a positive step along the road to better working capital management. That was the view of several participants at the latest Working Capital Forum Virtual Round Table,...
